Application Security Audit

Application Security Audit

Application Security Assessment is designed to identify and assess threats to the organization through bespoke, proprietary applications or systems. We use the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) guidelines and the OSSTMM standard to build the assessment checklists. These applications may provide interactive access to potentially sensitive materials. It is vital that they be assessed to ensure that:

the application doesn't expose the underlying servers and software to attack(s), and

a malicious user cannot access, modify or destroy data or services within the system.

Even in a well-deployed and secured infrastructure, a weak application can expose the organization's information assets to unacceptable risk. Visit the following links to get a better insight of our application security related research activities:

Advisories of security vulnerabilities we discover

Security testing tools that we have developed

Articles that have appeared in various publications, highlighting our innovative approach

Presentations we have made at various security forums, especially on application security

Security Matterz Approach to Application Security Assessments

Security Matterz uses a number of software-testing techniques (including black-box testing, fault injection, and behavior monitoring), as well as real-world situations to test each application. The methodology is as described below:

High Level Design Audit

Flow of information throughout the application environment

Sensitive data in different sections of the organization

Threats to the sensitive information in question

Source Code Audit

In this step the code is reviewed for vulnerabilities and threats that belong to these categories:

Recognize the existing vulnerabilities and the extent of current and potential damages posed by the application

Harden technologies keeping in mind the involvement of people which is a key criterion for any strategy to succeed

About

Security Matterz is a specialist IT Security organization, which has its international headquarters in London United Kingdom. It also has branch offices throughout the Middle East with its premier office in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Innovative and professional in its approach, it always partners best-in-class products and services, to identify and solve security threats and issues for its clients.